Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Falling on one another, as before the sword, when no one comes after them; you will give way before your haters.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
Holman Bible
They will stumble over one another as if fleeing from a sword though no one is pursuing them. You will not be able to stand against your enemies.
International Standard Version
They'll stumble over each other as though fleeing before the sword, even though no one is pursuing.
A Conservative Version
And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when no man pursues. And ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
American Standard Version
And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
Amplified
They shall stumble over one another as if to escape from a sword when no one is chasing them; and you will have no power to stand before your enemies.
Darby Translation
and they shall stumble one over another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth; and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
Julia Smith Translation
And they faltered each upon his brother, as from before the sword, and none pursued: and there shall be to you no power of standing before your enemies.
King James 2000
And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursues: and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they shall stumble over {one another} as {from before} a sword, but there shall not be a pursuer; and {you shall have no resistance} {before} your enemies.
Modern King James verseion
And they shall fall on one another, as if it were before a sword, when none pursues. And you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword even no man following them, and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies:
NET Bible
They will stumble over each other as those who flee before a sword, though there is no pursuer, and there will be no one to take a stand for you before your enemies.
New Heart English Bible
They will stumble over one another, as it were before the sword, when no one pursues: and you will have no power to stand before your enemies.
The Emphasized Bible
And they shall stumble one upon another as from before a sword, when, pursuer there is none; And ye shall not have wherewith to stand before your foes;
Webster
And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
World English Bible
They will stumble over one another, as it were before the sword, when no one pursues: and you will have no power to stand before your enemies.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they have stumbled one on another, as from the face of a sword, and there is none pursuing, and ye have no standing before your enemies,
Themes
Covenant » Of God with men » Punishments for breaking of
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Powerlessness » Of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Israel could not stand before their enemies
Punishment » Design of » To secure obedience
Punishment of the The Wicked » In this life by » Fear
Rebellion against God » Punishment for
Sabbatic year » Punishment to follow violation of the ordinances concerning
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 26:37
Verse Info
Context Readings
Punishment For Disobedience
36 And as for the rest of you, I will make their hearts feeble in the land of their haters, and the sound of a leaf moved by the wind will send them in flight, and they will go in flight as from the sword, falling down when no one comes after them; 37 Falling on one another, as before the sword, when no one comes after them; you will give way before your haters. 38 And death will overtake you among strange nations, and the land of your haters will be your destruction.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Joshua 7:12-13
For this reason the children of Israel have given way, turning their backs in flight before their attackers, because they are cursed: I will no longer be with you, if you do not put the cursed thing away from among you.
Judges 2:14
And the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of those who violently took their property, and into the hands of their haters all round them, so that they were forced to give way before them.
Numbers 14:42
Go not up, for the Lord is not with you, and you will be overcome by those who are fighting against you.
Judges 7:22
And the three hundred gave a loud note on their horns, and every man's sword was turned by the Lord against his brother all through the army; and the army went in flight as far as Beth-shittah in the direction of Zeredah, to the edge of Abel-meholah by Tabbath.
1 Samuel 14:15-16
And there was great fear in the tents and in the field and among all the men of the armed force, and the attackers were shaking with fear; even the earth was moved with a great shaking and there was a fear as from God.
Isaiah 10:4
... For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Jeremiah 37:10
For even if you had overcome all the army of the Chaldaeans fighting against you, and there were only wounded men among them, still they would get up, every man in his tent, and put this town on fire.